"You know, these little things are actually kind of distinctive."
"They should also be a [Chaos Flower Subspecies]. They look like they've spent a long ti underground and degenerated."
Shane carefully observed the green pythons around them.
Calling them green pythons was not exactly accurate. In truth, they were segnts of vine a little over two ters long, with knot-like protrusions at the top and several rootlets at the tail, like pieces of rhizo that had been cut out of thin air.
"Huff, huff... Stop admiring them!!!"
Sein was running so hard he was gasping for breath.
"Hurry up and do sothing!!!"
The two of them were currently running through a long corridor, with countless [Vine Pythons] chasing behind them.
Shane had [Sprint] active, so he looked almost leisurely.
Sein, who was behind him, was suffering. Priests spent their days in the company of the Scripture, neglecting their limbs and never showing much muscle. After an 800-ter run like this, it was practically taking his life.
"Don't rush. Wait a little longer."
"Wait?! If we wait any longer, I'm going to..."
Just as Sein was about to collapse from exhaustion, Shane finally stopped. He turned around and drew his longsword.
[Dual Blade Style · Moon Wheel]: Slashing technique. Sword energy transforms into moon wheels, dealing continuous arc-shaped slashes to the target area.
Swish, swish, swish—
Countless semicircular sword energies swept out, instantly cutting the [Vine Pythons] behind them into pieces.
The once-crowded corridor was imdiately cleared by half.
Sure enough, just as Shane had guessed on the surface, these subspecies had extrely thin [HP bars].
Sein braced his hands on his knees, bent over, and kept gasping for breath. "Since... you're this strong... why did you still..."
Shane sighed inwardly. 'There's no helping it. Stark isn't here, so there's no one to pull aggro.'
Of course, he could not say that out loud. He still had to consider the healer's feelings.
"Before battle, you need to observe your opponent thoroughly. You can't act too hastily."
"Then you... you were way too unhasty..."
After using [Moon Wheel] several more tis in succession, Shane had almost completely cleared out the [Vine Pythons] in the corridor. The few stragglers that slipped through had lost their nurical advantage, so Shane casually cut them in two.
The two continued forward along the corridor.
According to Sein, the end of the corridor was the [Prayer Room], where the Goddess's statue would be placed. It was also the core area of the entire monastery.
On the way, both of them had a vague premonition.
The culprit that had created so many [Chaos Flower Subspecies], the [Chaos Flower itself], should be hiding in the [Prayer Room].
Bzzzz—
A ring of invisible magical impact slowly spread from ahead.
"Careful. This is an extrely powerful curse spell."
Shane imdiately felt a faint tingling pain on the surface of his body, and his head gradually beca a little dizzy.
This curse attack, which seed almost solid, placed no small amount of pressure on him even with his attributes supporting him.
Sein looked at him with so concern. "Can you handle it?"
Shane nodded. "But we need to hurry."
The two imdiately quickened their pace.
After turning past a wall covered in vines, a wide, empty hall suddenly appeared before them.
The entire prayer room had long since lost its forr solemnity and dignity.
Now, a massive flower occupied the place. Its petals were like mirrors, reflecting a strange light. Its branches had grown wildly, and thick thorns covered the entire hall. A huge purple corolla hung upside down from the ceiling, and its stan seed to possess [vision] as it stared at the two people at the entrance, slowly dripping two lines of saliva.
For so reason, it was in no hurry to attack.
At the sa ti, directly beneath the corolla, in the place where the Goddess's statue should have been, a giant [Gargoyle] was crouched.
Unlike the Chaos Flower, the mont the gargoyle saw the two of them appear, it imdiately bared its fangs and spread its muddy wings.
Whoosh—
The gargoyle charged at the two.
Shane reacted extrely quickly. [Goddess's Barrier] opened instantly, protecting both himself and Sein.
Bang.
During the process, the gargoyle, unable to change direction in ti, slamd into the barrier.
Crack, crackle.
Fragnts from the impact fell from its body. The gargoyle lay sprawled over the barrier, its claws slightly curled and firmly attached to it. It tilted its stone head in confusion, seemingly unable to understand why the target in front of it had suddenly disappeared...
Sein looked at the fangs right in front of him, his expression full of terror.
Although there was a barrier between them, they were so close that he even had the illusion he could sll the foul stench coming from the gargoyle's mouth.
Just as that thought crossed his mind, the barrier before him suddenly disappeared.
Sein was scared out of his wits!
He really could sll the foul stench from the gargoyle's mouth!
Pfft—
After being buffered once by the barrier, the gargoyle dropped out of thin air when the barrier vanished and crashed into Shane's sword.
Bzzzt.
A brief crackle of electricity rang out.
The foul-slling gargoyle instantly went rigid, then, unsurprisingly, shattered as it fell to the ground.
Everything happened too quickly.
So quickly that Sein only saw Shane open the barrier to block the gargoyle, then half a second later, the barrier vanished and the gargoyle slamd into Shane's longsword...
"Hm?"
The shattered gargoyle turned into a pile of broken stones. Apart from that, it left behind a purple fruit about the size of a pebble.
Shane's gaze swept over it, and a clear line of text appeared above the fruit:
[Chaos Flower Seed]
Status: Mature
Attributes:
[Return to Sender (Blue/Rare)]: Reflects the enemy's magical attacks, returning them at one hundred percent effectiveness.
Evaluation: A flower like a mirror surface is naturally most adept at reflecting.
Only then did he suddenly realize sothing was wrong.
Wait!
Why was only the gargoyle attacking? Where was that huge Chaos Flower?
Shane imdiately raised his head and looked at the ceiling. He saw that the purple corolla, which had originally been in the center of the hall, was still in no hurry to attack. Instead, at so point, it had already wriggled directly above the two of them.
The mont he looked up, the saliva on its stan slowly fell and happened to drip onto his shoulder.
Shane turned his head and looked at the transparent, sticky sli with a strange fishy sll on his shoulder. His scalp almost exploded!
At that mont.
Sein imdiately opened the Scripture in his hands. Light burst from the pages, and imdiately after, three golden light swords shot out from the book. They traced three beautiful arcs through the air and flew toward the Chaos Flower's stan.
Pff—
The light swords entered the stan and were swallowed by it.
After a brief pause, the Chaos Flower's entire corolla suddenly exploded.
As the corolla burst apart, all the vines clinging to the surrounding walls instantly withered, shrank, turned into magical particles, and gradually disappeared.
"Haa..."
Sein let out a breath of relief and looked at Shane beside him. "Good thing you attracted the Chaos Flower's attention."
"Huh?"
Shane was still scraping the fishy, sticky sli off his shoulder with his hand, his face full of confusion.
"It's currently spring, which is the peak breeding season for the Chaos Flower. Just now, this flower started drooling the mont it saw you, completely failing to exhibit any of the aggressiveness it should have had."
Shane froze for a mont. Then his eyes slowly widened, and he looked at his own hand in disbelief. Even his voice trembled.
"When you say drool... is it the kind of drool I think it is...?"
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